The Islamophobia monitoring group Tell Mama has reported that 2017 saw a record number of anti-Muslim attacks and incidents of abuse reported. The group’s annual report identified 1,201 verified reports submitted in 2017, representing a rise of 26% from 2016.
The number of Muslim MPs has doubled to eight in the closest elections in decades and saw the first three Muslim women — all Labour — elected to the 650-member House of Commons, the Muslim News reports. In addition, the first Conservatives have gained their first two Muslim MPs. Over 90 Muslim candidates of various…
(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) – “I’m not a celebrity, I’m just an average Joe,” Lance Orton told the New York Daily News Sunday night from his apartment in the Bronx. But this average Joe is being hailed as the savior of Times Square. Orton is one of the street vendors who alerted police to the suspicious…
On Monday, The Guardian reported that the Muslim Council of Britain has boycotted the Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration, “in protest at the Israeli offensive in Gaza this month”. This was symbolic, as the government had made clear that attendance at Holocaust Memorial Day was a “significant factor” in the government’s view as to whether the…
On Monday, The Guardian reported that the Muslim Council of Britain has boycotted the “Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration in protest at the Israeli offensive in Gaza this month”. This was , as the government had made clear that attendance at Holocaust Memorial Day was a “significant factor” in the government’s view as to whether the…
